Shirt construction



{1923. A. A. FOURNIER SHIRT CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 28. 1921 WE -4b.. 8

m N A; Wm. MM A ATTORNEY Patented Get. 23, 1923.

ALBERT A. FOURNIER, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SHIRT CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed December 28, 1921.

To all whom it may can 061%:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. FoURNrnn, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, resid ing at Ottawa, in the county of Carleton and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

The subject matter forming this applica-' tion comprehends the provision of a detachable cuff adapted for attachment to a shirt sleeve and the object of my invention is to provide a means carried by the cuff band of a shirt sleeve which will retain a cuff in position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a detachable cuff and cuff band which obviate the necessity of using fastening means fixed thereon for retaining the detachable cuff in position.

The nature and advantages of my invention will be more readily understood after a perusal of the following description, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying schematic illustrations, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a cuff and attaching means constructed in accordance with my present invention.

F ig. 2 is a similar view with the cuff removed.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the fastening band.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the wrist band of a sleeve constructed in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section as it would appear when taken on line 55 of Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view showing an alternative form of applying the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts, the numeral 6 designates the sleeve of a shirt having the wrist band 7 substantially attached to the lower extremity thereof. A plurality of button-holes 8 are disposed in the said band in spaced relation, best shown in Fig. 4;. The numeral 9 designates a detachable band having a plurality of buttons 10 secured thereto'in congruent spaced relation to that of the button holes of the band 7 of the shirt sleeve.

The numeral 11 designates the detachable cuff constituting the folds 12 and 13. A plurality of button-holes 14 are disposed in Serial No. 525,527.

the fold 18 of the said cuff in congruent spaced relation to the buttons 10 of the band 9( As best shownin Figure 1, the band 9 is disposed inside the band 7 of the shirt sleeve 6 and the buttons 10 pass through the button-holes 8 disposed in the said band 7. The cuff 11 is then positioned about the said band 7 and the plurality of buttons 10 are passed through the button-holes 14- formed in the fold 13 of the cuff 11.

When the shirt, including the cuffs, re-

quires laundering, the cuff 11 is removed from the sleeve in a reverse manner to that described and the band 9 is also removed from the band 7 of the shirt. It will be readily discerned that my present invention obviates the necessity of having buttons or like fastening means secured to the cuff or wrist band so that in this construction I have no part that becomes damaged in laundering.

It will be appreciated that the cuff 11 is reversible on the buttons 10.

As shown in Figure 6 the buttons 10 may be disposed within the sleeve instead of between the folds of the cuff.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction of my invention will be clearly understood and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What I claim as new is:

1. In combination with a shirt sleeve, a wrist band attached to said sleeve, said wrist band having spaced button holes, a reversible cufi having spaced button-holes in one side to register opposite said first button-holes, and a detachable band said detachable band provided with buttons for engagement through said registering buttonholes for detachably connecting said cuff to,

said wrist band.

2. The combination with a shirt sleeve strlp.

in the presence of two witnesses.

A ALBERT A. FOURNIER.

Witnesses:

R. SLoNEMsKY, M. MCMILLAN. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 

